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Matt's Paralympic dream
A WHEELCHAIR rugby player from Coalpit Heath is hoping a fundraising event will bring him closer to his dream of playing for the GB team.
Matt Badman, aged 28, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair to get about.
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But to play the sport he needs a made-tomeasure rugby wheelchair, which costs about
£3,500.
When players at Chipping Sodbury rugby club heard, they organised a 24-hour touch rugby marathon to raise money.
They hope the tournament will add to Matt's own fundraising, to enable him to buy the chair.
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